CSR: Power Grid to establish a tele–ICU at SGPGIMS Lucknow

New Delhi: Maharatna Power PSU Power Grid has signed an MoU with Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) for establishing a POWERGRID – SGPGIMS Tele – ICU in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The MoU has been signed by the Power Grid and SGPGIMS in the presence of Chief Minister of Uttar Prades Yogi Adityanath on December 14. The MoU has been signed by Power Grid's Director (Personnel) VK Singh on behalf of POWERGRID and SGPGIMS's Director Dr RK Dhiman on behalf of SGPGIMS, Lucknow.

The purpose of this memorandum of understanding is to create a command centre, which will be established at SGPGIMS, Lucknow and spoke centres at Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Agra, Meerut and Jhansi. 

What is Telemedicine – Intensive Care Unit  (Tele-ICU)?

Tele-ICU is the use of health information exchanged from a hospital critical care unit to another site via electronic communications. Tele-ICU intensivists can provide real-time services to multiple care centres regardless of their locations. The technology was developed to address the increasing complexity of ICU patients and shortage of intensivists.  Tele-ICU as a means to negate the shortcomings in current ICU care is being actively sought after. Tele-ICU is a 24×7 remote ICU patient monitoring system aided by real-time two ways audio-visuals and smart alerts. It is a real blend of medical technology with sophisticated telemedicine to improve ICU care delivery. Tele-ICU provides a solution to scarce ICU resources and shortages of ICU trained manpower. 

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ICU care is time-sensitive, resource-intensive, costly and is multi-speciality based by its very nature.  However, if delivered to the right patient at the right time in the right manner, it can save many precious lives.  This futuristic state of art Tele-ICU can help in enhancing public health services in the identified locations and that too at a much lesser cost compared to the private ICUs.

Power Grid

Power Grid is a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Power. It is central transmission utility (CTU) of India and operates nearly 90 percent of inter-state / inter-regional transmission networks of India. Power Grid as a responsible corporate citizen has undertaken many projects under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the state of Uttar Pradesh, including Vishram Sadan at KGMU Lucknow. The distribution of advance life support ambulances and various rural development works have recently been completed. The construction of 120 bedded hostel at Queen Inter-college, Varanasi along with ITI at Gorakhpur is underway.

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